Entirely depends on the employer.
Obviously this is going to depend on country, locality, industry, and specific company.
I live in the US in an East Coast state. I don’t know anyone who gets drug tested anymore, unless they are working in a sensitive industry (aerospace, as guided by the FAA) or have an accident on the job and are tested after the fact.
There are overlapping state and national laws. My state has legalized marijuana, but the national government, via the FAA, says “No” if I work in certain jobs. I do work in aerospace but not in one of those jobs that the FAA cares about drug testing for.
I always assume my social media will be searched.
Depends on the job/industry. For instance, I’m in the US.
For IT. Neither of those have come up. But a lot of my jobs have been references by friends or people I’ve worked with.
For driving commercially, drug tests are required for your license. And companies are required by law to do so many tests a quarter.
No.
However, anything that requires security clearance or is PR for the employer will (in the US at least).
If you want a job that needs clearance, I recommend closing your social media now, stopping all drugs now, and wait at least 7 years before applying to those jobs. Limit travel. Work to have any mental health records destroyed (idk if you can actually do this) and cancel therapy. Stop using Lemmy, and don’t do anything that remotely indicates that you associate with divergent cultures (i.e. communism or anarchism).
For PR - just stay off social media and drugs and don’t talk about work except in an extremely positive way.
***> Stop using Lemmy, and don’t do anything that remotely indicates that you associate with divergent cultures (i.e. communism or anarchism).
I didn’t realize that I was a commie for using Lemmy. Just kidding but love the way that you wrote that sentence
I’m certainly not kidding about it. Associating with communism or people who associate with communism is a big NO. And it doesn’t exactly make sense anymore, but that’s the FBI for you
If you want a job that needs clearance, I recommend closing your social media now, stopping all drugs now, and wait at least 7 years before applying to those jobs.
It takes 7 years for all the paperwork to go through, so it isn’t necessary to wait. :P
Closing any social media that might be an issue. Start a fresh social media to randomly sprinkle with bland normal stuff isn’t a terrible idea since not having any social media is apparently also a red flag.
I don’t understand how not having social media is a red flag. I know people look at it funny, but I don’t get why.
I’ve been drug tested for every “real” job I’ve had outside of food/retail, but only as a pre-employment formality, even when working for a company in a legal state. I’ve passed it through abstention, a niacin flush, and even just using synthetic.
Can’t tell you about social media, cuz I don’t have any associated with my name other than my lunatic profile.
